Sigrid. said... Very cute top. Lovely fabric combination with the black. And I love Jalie patterns too, for all the reasons you mention.
Did you use flash for the picture of the back?Sometimes this enhances see-through, while in reality it's not so bad (and wear a black bra perhaps) 12/9/07 4:24 PM
Deepika said... Wow! Love that dress. This pattern is on my to-sew list. Thanks for your review and so many helpful photos. 12/9/07 4:54 PM
Lori V said... Wow, love this as a dress, great idea. You look great. 12/9/07 5:11 PM
ajax said... Your dress looks lovely on. Great fabric and a good idea to lengthen it to a dress. How about a matching black band around the hem? 12/10/07 0:19 AM
nimble said... Just beautiful!! I love this as a dress and it looks terrific on you! 12/10/07 0:36 AM
Karen8320 said... Cabinbaby, you look so cute in this dress! I love your idea of making a top into a dress and it's turned out really well. The fabric looks great! 12/10/07 3:56 AM
Jodi B. said... That's fabulous on you. Beautiful dress. Thanks for the review. 12/10/07 9:17 AM
marjenann said... Perfect, perfect, perfect!!! 12/10/07 10:01 AM
Oziroo said... I also make a size P in Jalie patterns. Isn't it great to have patterns that fit! This dress looks super on you. 12/11/07 5:31 AM
g mcgregor said... cute cute cute! hey, are those steve maddens on your feet? Where'd you get those shoes!? 12/12/07 8:07 PM
JDpenelope said... I want one! I also want your figure! Great job. 12/13/07 9:44 AM
charb said... I can't believe you sewed this up already! I just got this pattern, can't wait to make it up. It looks great on you. 12/13/07 6:04 PM
KathleenS said... I love your fabric choices - they go really well with the top design. 12/14/07 3:52 PM
cabinbaby said... g mcgregor, Nah. These are old shoes that I got at Fred Meyers 3-4 years ago. They are cute though. I have worn the sole off of one of the edges. They get a lot of use.
Everyone else - Thanks for the kind comments! I wore the dress to a wedding and got lots of compliments on it. :) 12/16/07 10:03 PM
shesflipped said... Thank you for the great review! I just ordered this pattern~can't wait to get it! 1/8/08 6:19 PM
Sigrid. said... Nice in the new combination too. Good part of your wardrobe plan. 2/7/08 1:56 AM
avancleve said... Very nice! Love the fabric. 2/7/08 10:15 AM
lilyofthevalley said... Both of your versions are really lovely, a perfit fit combined with the perfect fabrics for your coloring. Well, just perfect! This will enhance your SWAP well ... perfectly. -Lily 2/7/08 3:19 PM
KatieRose said... Beautiful fabric, and what a great job you did on the finishing. Lovely! 2/8/08 3:13 PM
dreamdesigner said... Love the dress!!!
It's uber flattering on you. I like the tunics also!! 2/21/08 0:00 AM
AnneM said... I think this is a particularly nice style on you. Very cute on the wine thread to co-ordinate w/ the rest of the wardrobe. 5/9/08 10:51 AM
Very cute top. Lovely fabric combination with the black. And I love Jalie patterns too, for all the reasons you mention. Did you use flash for the picture of the back?Sometimes this enhances see-through, while in reality it's not so bad (and wear a black bra perhaps)
12/9/07 4:24 PM
Wow! Love that dress. This pattern is on my to-sew list. Thanks for your review and so many helpful photos.
12/9/07 4:54 PM
Wow, love this as a dress, great idea. You look great.
12/9/07 5:11 PM
Your dress looks lovely on. Great fabric and a good idea to lengthen it to a dress. How about a matching black band around the hem?
12/10/07 0:19 AM
Just beautiful!! I love this as a dress and it looks terrific on you!
12/10/07 0:36 AM
Cabinbaby, you look so cute in this dress! I love your idea of making a top into a dress and it's turned out really well. The fabric looks great!
12/10/07 3:56 AM
That's fabulous on you. Beautiful dress. Thanks for the review.
12/10/07 9:17 AM
Perfect, perfect, perfect!!!
12/10/07 10:01 AM
I also make a size P in Jalie patterns. Isn't it great to have patterns that fit! This dress looks super on you.
12/11/07 5:31 AM
cute cute cute! hey, are those steve maddens on your feet? Where'd you get those shoes!?
12/12/07 8:07 PM
I want one! I also want your figure! Great job.
12/13/07 9:44 AM
I can't believe you sewed this up already! I just got this pattern, can't wait to make it up. It looks great on you.
12/13/07 6:04 PM
I love your fabric choices - they go really well with the top design.
12/14/07 3:52 PM
g mcgregor, Nah. These are old shoes that I got at Fred Meyers 3-4 years ago. They are cute though. I have worn the sole off of one of the edges. They get a lot of use. Everyone else - Thanks for the kind comments! I wore the dress to a wedding and got lots of compliments on it. :)
12/16/07 10:03 PM
Thank you for the great review! I just ordered this pattern~can't wait to get it!
1/8/08 6:19 PM
Nice in the new combination too. Good part of your wardrobe plan.
2/7/08 1:56 AM
Very nice! Love the fabric.
2/7/08 10:15 AM
Both of your versions are really lovely, a perfit fit combined with the perfect fabrics for your coloring. Well, just perfect! This will enhance your SWAP well ... perfectly. -Lily
2/7/08 3:19 PM
Beautiful fabric, and what a great job you did on the finishing. Lovely!
2/8/08 3:13 PM
Love the dress!!! It's uber flattering on you. I like the tunics also!!
2/21/08 0:00 AM
I think this is a particularly nice style on you. Very cute on the wine thread to co-ordinate w/ the rest of the wardrobe.
5/9/08 10:51 AM